ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,958, issued on July 14, was assigned to PIZZATO ELETTRICA S.R.L. (Marostica, Italy).
"System for controlling safety protections for industrial machines or plants" was invented by Marco Pizzato (Marostica, Italy) and Giuseppe Pizzato (Marostica, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for the safe control of safety protections comprises at least one first control device (2) placed outside the safety perimeter (P) for sending commands to stop and enable the machine or plant (M) following the opening/closing of the accesses (A1, A2), a first safety switch (3) placed close to one or more of the accesses (A1, A2) for their locking a...